Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018

Lot 825

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD SHIBAYAMA-STYLE CABINET

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD SHIBAYAMA-STYLE CABINET, TANSU

EDO/MEIJI PERIOD

Possibly Rykyu Islands, with seven pullout drawers, two sliding doors and a compartment, decorated with birds, bats, flowers, reishi, landscapes and musical instruments in mother of pearl, stained bone, soapstone and coral on a black lacquer ground, the inner part of the drawers in nashiji lacquer, the back with flowering prunus branches before a full moon, 54cm x 54.7cm x 27.2cm.